rlocky

I love this little gem! I have a spare room, 10' x 8', and it is half my office, half my playroom. Getting inspiration for what sort of layout I could fit into the space. I'd love to see a track plan for this, and also for your Tanners Hill layout, which is one of my all time faves!

Thanks, Richard

Hi Dave,

Lovely pictures as always. I'm curious, will we see a revival of the YouTube channel in the future? I'd love to see more videos of locos running in and out of Waverley!

Cheers,

Richard

Hi Richard,

 

Thanks for your interest. You're more than welcome.

 

The station entrance is scratchbuilt from plastikard, based on the real one. I've taken lots of photographs of it and scoured the internet for pics there too. It was a Red Star parcels depot in the 70s and 80s, but I don't have any decent photographs of it then unfortunately, As a result my model of it is rather non-descript at the moment at least, which is a shame as I'd like to detail it more. I live in hope of finding some photos of it from that period. It then became a Chinese restaurant and is now a Wetherspoons. The building is certainly being looked after though and it's looking very smart these days.

 

Cheers

Dave

Thanks for the info. It certainly looks the part right now! I've been to it since it became a Wetherspoons, while waiting for a connecting train to Aberdeen. My plan is to loosely follow Waverley for inspiration, but reimagined into a more fictitious location. I do want to scratch build my station entrance though, so the advice is really helpful. I also wanted to have similar roofing to the prototype, as I think this style of roof works better for the style of layout than some of the canopy style overall roofs that are commercially available. I do like scalescenes buildings though and might incorporate their large station building into my "Waverley bridge" style station entrance.

I'm working with 2 designs in mind, one being for the current space the layout will be in, and the second being for a potential larger space we might move into later. So my station scene will be a module of the overall layout that for now will just wrap around the back of the scenic part of the layout to complete a loop, but which can be "retracked" later to make it into something more.

Thanks again,

Richard

Hi Dave,

Thank you so much for taking the time to get those photos to me. It really is a masterpiece!

What did you use for the station entrance/building? Is there a kit you used, or is it scratch built?

Thanks,

Richard

Hi Richard, and welcome to RMWeb.  You couldn't find a better layout to start you off on this site, but it is one of many, and there's layouts to suit all on here, in all eras, and at many different skill levels.

 

Thanks! I've been browsing for some time as a guest but the urge to ask about the Waverley roof prompted me to join!

Hi Dave,

Stumbled across Waverley West while browsing online looking for ideas for my upcoming layout, which incorporates a semi concealed station such as yours to hide sharp curves in a similar way.

I'm anxious to know how you modeled the Waverley roof? Do you have any pictures of the construction process? Any details on materials/products used?

Your layout is superb! If my new layout looks even half as good as Waverley West, I will be proud of my achievements.

Cheers and look forward to more pictures!

Richard